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Prepared that fellow with money to support US lawyer (2,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

at the ready

'prepared' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'that fellow with money to support us lawyer' is the wordplay.
'that fellow' becomes 'he' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'money' becomes 'ready' (I've seen this before**).
'to support' says to put letters next to each other.
'us lawyer' becomes 'att' (abbreviation for attorney).
'he' next to 'ready' is 'heready'.
'heready' after 'att' is 'AT THE READY'.

(Other definitions for at the ready that I've seen before include "on standby" , "dipping hand in till?" , "Prepared or available for immediate use" , "Prepared for instant action" , "Poised for action" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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